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2. Knitting needle - Wikipedia

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   Knitting educator and authority Elizabeth Zimmermann helped popularize knitting ITR specifically with circular needles. The Magic Loop method may be used to produce narrow tubular items such as socks. Numerous techniques have been devised for the production of narrow tubular knitting on circular needles.

3. List of yarns for crochet and knitting - Wikipedia

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   Metric knitting needle size [1] US knitting needle size Lace fingering, crochet 10-count thread ... 5.5 - 6.5 mm I-9 - K-10 1/2 16 - 20 sts 4.5mm - 5.5mm Bulky

4. Circular knitting - Wikipedia

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   Spool knitting is a form of circular knitting using pegs rather than needles, one peg per stitch. A variant automates the stitching action, thus producing a hand-crank circular knitting machine. Commercial knitting machines are heavy-duty powered versions of the hand-cranked ones; they may knit multiple threads at once, for speed.

5. Crochet hook - Wikipedia

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   The listed gauge systems are also widely used internationally. Their broader applicability is further highlighted by their normalization with the metric system, [6] which the CYCA members have agreed to have appear prominently on their packaging. A hook gauge is used for measuring both knitting needles and crochet hooks. The size of a crochet ...

6. Yarn weight - Wikipedia

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   A more hands-on method, there is the test swatch and the gauge swatch. Knitting a test swatch requires knitting the yarn into a small, roughly 4 in (10 cm) square textile of even stitches. [4] Comparing this with recommended needle sizes, yarn, and the knitter's own signature tension, allows for adjustments to all of these things.

7. Gauge (knitting) - Wikipedia

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   Larger knitting needles also produce larger stitches, giving fewer stitches and rows per inch. Changing needle size is the best way to control one's own gauge for a given pattern and yarn. Finally, the knitter's tension, or how tightly one knits, can affect the gauge significantly.